Jack Albin Hotel Pennsylvania Music – Hurt, 1930
Jack Albin & His Hotel Pennsylvania Music – Hurt, Crown 1930
Hotel Pennsylvania Music was the Jack Albin Orchestra which had a long term engagement at New York City’s Hotel Pennsylvania during the early 1930s. Their vocalist was very often Bill Coty. Later in the decade, the hotel’s phone number would be immortalized in song by another resident band, the Glenn Miller Orchestra with its hit “Pennsylvania 6-5000.” It remains the same to this day! In 1930′s/40′s one of the most popular nightclubs in New York was Café Rouge at the Hotel. It was home to the Big Bands at their height. Happily, the Hotel Pennsylvania still stands and operates as a hotel – though its once grand lobby suffers from a rather tacky “modernization.”
See also: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5uUCIGmU5lM
Duration : 0:3:11
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Recorded in …
Recorded in December 1930, shortly after Albin moved from Columbia to Crown. His last recording was released in April 1931.
Lovely song & voice …
Lovely song & voice. I live in the Hotel Times Square (now tiny apartments). The Pennsylvania is enormous.
Always remember the …
Always remember the telephone number for the hotel:
(212) PEnnsylvania 6-5000
PE 6 – 5000 (very famous telephone No.)
Dada New York
Chairman meow
I went up to the …
I went up to the Hotel Pennsylvania just a week and a half ago when I went to a small saturday convention up in N.Y.C.
It’s got an interesting lobby but I really wish I could have seen the place during its heyday.
Ahhh yes, the 1930′ …
Ahhh yes, the 1930′s. The simpler times when the world was anew, I love the 1930′s, it was the golden age as people like to speak of. May the 1930′s live forever in people’s hearts!
The Crown Slogan: …
The Crown Slogan: Two Hits for Two Bits” Wonder what the flip side of this is?
Probabbly just as good as this excellent side! 5***** to you! This is a real smooooth arrangement.
i’am 18 years old. …
i’am 18 years old. amazing song
I like the old …
I like the old music from the 20s and 30s..
I’m 17 years old, but yeah, I would like to drive an 1930s car and listen to this music!!!
Kind regards from Germany
A faded postcard …
A faded postcard comes to life with a rendition of truly unique and original music!
You would have been …
You would have been 17 when this was recorded.
Do you remember this song from that time?
Hope you have many more years enjoying this great music on You Tube.
God Bless.
i knew it because i …
its amazing
i knew it because i had an email from allposters just before i saw this with the same picture on it
Exquisite rendition …
Exquisite rendition, up to Crown’s usual high standards.
Sic transit gloria …
Sic transit gloria mundi…but also, at least sometimes,
sic transit tyrannis–at least until another tyrant comes along.
Soft and dreamy …
Soft and dreamy tune. Charming pictures of old NY. The hotel, regrettably, is not what it used to be, but I hope they don’t tear it down. I’ve heard nothing about such plans, B.
Bomba
))) A? si? … 
))) A? si? chce pop?yn??…
Bomba
My kind of music – …
My kind of music – thanks a lot.
cudowne zdj?cia i …
cudowne zdj?cia i piosenka
great pictures of …
great pictures of pre-modern america
i also like ‘the green turban’ picture for your display icon
I stayed in that …
I stayed in that very same hotel back in 34′ when i was 21 years old, It was grand! What a swell time I had!
One of the last of …
One of the last of the great hotels; they still, as you note,use the Glen Miller song not only as their phone # but as a greeting of sorts. Alas, I’ve heard rumors that the hotel will soon be torn down. I hope they’re only rumors. Any ex or present day New Yorkers know more about this?
Pi?kne, archiwalne …
Pi?kne, archiwalne zdj?cia, pi?kny, stary ?wiat..